Some Special PFA Success Stories

PFA intake volunteers have to make a lot of tough decisions when it comes to certain animals who come into our care with behavioural problems that usually result from abuse, neglect, horrid circumstances, which lead to problems such as terror of humans, separation anxiety, and aggression. These behavioral problems make it very unlikely that the animal will be be adopted.

We have to weigh the potential for rehabilitation and adoptability of the animal against our limited resources and how much of those resources might be consumed to rehabilitate an animal, while juggling the heart-wrenching emotions that go with doing street rescues.

Thankfully, our partnership with the wonderful team of Laureen and Laurisa at Prairie Animal Assistance makes these decisions much easier because we know that we have a safe and caring place for special needs animals where they will get the care they need to be rehabilitated and ultimately find loving homes. Some of our proudest success stories are summarized below.

As with humans, many behavioural problems can be corrected through rehabilitation and a continued environment of love and support. In 2009 began a partnership with Laurisa Osheski and Prairie Animal Assistance Corp., a Registered Charity that rehabilitates rescued animals. Laurisa has over 23 years of training and rehabilitation experience. She uses positive motivation through clicker training to rehabilitate and solve behavior problems in animals.

This partnership has been amazingly successful, first with Ranger (pictured above) a PFA dog suffering from overwhelming separation anxiety issues, Melvin (formerly Malcolm) - the cat who was once described as a nightmare and now has a best friend in young Ryan, who takes him with him for rides on the ATV. More recently an incredible success story of six little feral kittens each found wondering the means streets of Regina at only a few months of age in the cold months of late fall. These wild little kittens had no mother or colony to help them so were scooped up by some caring individuals and sent to live with Laurisa when it became apparent that they would never be tamed without rehabilitation and socialization.

After many months of intense care with Prairie Animals Assistance theses cats are now well on their way to being social and loving pets and they will be ready for adoption to some wonderful special homes in the near future. One sweet and handsome boy, Slick (above), is ready to go and is now available for adoption. We are looking for adopters who will be willing to work with Laurisa to make the transition to new home as stress free as possible.

You can go to HYPERLINK "http://www.prairieanimalassistance.ca" www.prairieanimalassistance.ca and view the UTube videos to see Laurisa at work with rescue horses, dogs, and cats.

Please contact us at saskpeopleforanimals@gmail.com if you are interested in adopting one of these special, well-trained and socialized little cats.

-Alanna